My journey from a technical and strict discipline of forensic and composite art to fine art. I'm trying to unfurl my wings to fly into this new field but I'm still struggling to get out of my cocoon!
"To be an artist is to believe in life."
-Henry Moore (1898-1986)

Hey, Sheila - Bummer about the Tibetan people painting. It's really tough when someone rejects one of your pieces. You can go into it knowing, KNOWING, that it's a crap shoot, that it's entirely arbitrary, that it might depend completely on what the juror had for breakfast that morning, or whether he got in a traffic jam on his way to work, but still, it hurts.

But the thing of it is, you keep on going. You with your beautiful spirit and your amazing energy, you keep going, you enter the next show and the one after that, and you get in, and almost all that pain goes away.

So keep at it, gal. As for your commission, YAY! Congratulations! And I think your DSDF painting is superb. I love the yellow sky, the shiny cars and the way the city fades off in the distance.

I forgot where I saw it but there was a site that listed all the works by famous artists whose work had been rejected in some way or another as they were on their way up to success. The opposite seems to be true as well. Once someone has a name for themselves, anything they produce is highly sought after even if it is really not all too good.What I like a lot about this last painting is the way the yellow cabs stand out against the cool and monotone city background as they do in reality. Love the composition and mood.

Hi, Sheila - I think you did a great job with the DSDF challenge. I also second what Gary said about not getting into a show. It's a crap shoot. And we've all been through it.Congrats on the commission! That's great news. :-)

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About Me

I was born in San Francisco but my father moved me and my mom to Japan when I was 11 months old. There he helped set up the new Army HDQRS after WWII. I stayed in Japan until I was 18 and moved back to California to attend college. I have lived in several cities in the Bay Area since then. I was a police officer for 26 years retiring as a Sergeant a few years ago. I was pretty successful as a Forensic Artist and the composite drawings I used to do to help catch crooks and other bad folks. Now that I'm retired, I am trying to catch up and access all that fun and fine art I've missed out on. After seeing all that darkness, I always look for the light in people and situations.